Nominees are decided by editorial staff at France Football and this year’s 30-man list has now been decided, with both Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne named for their excellence during City’s Centurion season.

This year’s winner will be announced at a ceremony in Paris on 3 December, when a women’s award will be presented for the first time.

Here, we take a look at some of the reasons the panel decided to nominate Aguero and De Bruyne.

Sergio Aguero

It was yet another stellar season for Sergio in 2017-18.

City's all-time leading scorer with 207 goals, he bagged 30 in 39 matches across all competitions - including 21 in 25 Premier League games as City won the title with a record 100 points.

Premier League highlights included brilliant hat-tricks against Watford (a) and Newcastle (h), as well as four against Leicester (h).

And his lob over Arsenal 'keeper David Ospina from Claudio Bravo's wonderful long-ball saw him open the scoring in the League Cup final, which City went on to win 3-0.

He also scored twice in four matches as Argentina made it to the World Cup last-16.

Kevin De Bruyne

De Bruyne continues to dazzle and is now widely considered to be the finest creative midfielders in the game.

He appeared in 52 games for City during our league-and-cup winning campaign, scoring 12 times and assisting a remarkable 21.

Indeed, his fine through-ball for Gabriel Jesus' winner against Southampton on the last day helped City become the first side to achieve 100 Premier League points and saw De Bruyne win the inaugural Premier League Playmaker Award for the highest number of assists.

He was also a key player as Belgium finished third at this summer's World Cup finals.